Here are some of Newport-Mesa’s cultural...

Here are some of Newport-Mesa’s cultural activities

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SPECIAL

MOVIES ON THE BEACH

The Newport Dunes Waterfront Resort Hotel will show movies on the

beach every Friday and Saturday during the summer. Showings will

begin at dusk. The film schedule is as follows: “Raiders of the Lost

Ark” today, “Max Keeble’s Big Move” on Friday and “Jurassic Park III”

on July 27. Newport Dunes is at 1131 Back Bay Drive, Newport Beach.

Admission is free, $7 for parking. (800) 765-7661.

MUSIC

FAIR CONCERT SERIES

The Orange County Fair Concert Series will feature The Fab Four

today, Keith Urban on Sunday, the O.C. Supertones on Monday, The

Guess Who on Tuesday, Styx on Wednesday, Boz Scaggs on Thursday,

Heart on Friday, Collin Raye on July 27 and Lynyrd Skynyrd on July

28. All concerts are at 8:30 p.m. in the latimes.com Theater, 88 Fair

Drive, Costa Mesa. The concert is free with fair admission, though

reserved seating is available for $10. General fair admission is $7,

$6 for seniors, $3 for children 6 to 12, and free for children 5 and

younger. (714) 708-3247.

SHEILA E.

Sheila E. and the E-Train will take part in Fashion Island’s

Summer Concert Series at 6 p.m. Wednesday. The free concert will take

place at the Newport Beach shopping center’s Bloomingdale’s

Courtyard. Reserved seating is available for $15. (949) 721-2000.

KODO

The Orange County Performing Arts Center will present, with Clear

Channel Entertainment, a performance by Japanese drum group Kodo at 8

p.m. Aug. 8 at the Verizon Wireless Amphitheater, 8808 Irvine Center

Drive, Irvine. $13.25-$78.25. (714) 556-ARTS.

GERSHWIN’S GREATS

The Pacific Symphony Orchestra will present a “Summer Series:

Gershwin’s All-Time Greats” at 8 p.m. Aug. 10 at the Verizon Wireless

Amphitheater, 8808 Irvine Center Drive, Irvine. $19-$72. Half-price

for children younger than 14. (714) 755-5788.

JAZZ TRIO

Gulfstream Restaurant in Newport Beach will present a jazz trio

Sunday through Wednesday as regular entertainment at 850 Avocado

Ave., Newport Beach. Hours are 5 to 9 p.m. Sunday and 6 to 10 p.m.

Monday through Wednesday. (949) 718-0188.

WEEKLY JAM

The Studio Cafe presents Monday Night Jams from 7 to 11 p.m. every

week. “Wanted” musicians include guitar players, bass players,

singers, drummers, keyboardists and others at 100 Main St., Newport

Beach. Free. (949) 675-7760.

MUSIC AT THE ANNEX

Musical acts perform at 5 p.m. Sundays at the Pierce Street Annex,

330 17th St., Costa Mesa. Free. (949) 646-8500.

MUSIC AT THE GRILL

The Bluewater Grill offers live music on Friday and Saturday

nights. Greg Morgan, Nick Peper and Kelly Gordien (known as MPG) will

perform classic rock, R&B; and swing at 8:30 p.m. Fridays. Marvin

Gregory and MPG will perform classic rock, swing and R&B; at 8:30 p.m.

Saturdays. The restaurant is located at 630 Lido Park Drive, Newport

Beach. Free admission. (949) 675-3474.

MUSIC AT THE PELICAN

The Rusty Pelican offers the music of Common Ground from Wednesday

through Sunday. The band will perform from 7 to 10 p.m. Wednesday and

Thursday, 8:30 p.m. to 12:30 a.m. Friday and Saturday, and 2 to 6

p.m. Sunday. The restaurant is at 2735 W. Coast Highway, Newport

Beach. Free. (949) 642-3431.

WEEKEND BLUES

Anthony’s Riverboat Restaurant in Newport Beach will present The

Balboa Blues on Friday and Saturday evenings and Sunday afternoons.

The program will feature jazz and classic rock tunes for dining and

dancing. Anthony’s is at 151 E. Coast Highway. (949) 673-3425.

POP-ROCK AND FLAMENCO

Tate 5, a funk, rock and Motown act, performs at 9 p.m. Saturdays

at Carmelo’s Ristorante, 3520

E. Coast Highway, Corona del Mar. Solo guitarist Ken Sanders

performs classical flamenco tunes at 7:30 p.m. Tuesdays and Sundays.

Free. (949) 675-1922.

SATURDAY NIGHT R&B;

Gerald Ishibashi and the Stone Bridge Band play rock and R&B; at 9

p.m. Saturdays at Sutton Place Hotel’s Trianon Lounge, 4500 MacArthur

Blvd., Newport Beach. Free. (949) 476-2001.

SENIOR CENTER AFTERNOON

A seven-piece group plays big band tunes from 1:30 to 3:30 p.m.

Fridays at Oasis Senior Center, 800 Marguerite Ave., Corona del Mar.

$4. (949) 644-3244.

STAGE

‘BIG RIVER’

The Trilogy Playhouse will present “Big River” through Sunday at

2930 Bristol St., Building C-106, Costa Mesa. Show times are 3:30

and 7:30 p.m. today and 5 p.m. Sunday. $15 or $17. (714) 957-3347,

Ext. 1.

‘STONE SOUP’

Orange Coast College’s Theatre Department will present David

Scaglione’s “Stone Soup,” based on a children’s folk story, through

today at the Robert B. Moore Theatre, 2701 Fairview Road, Costa Mesa.

Show time is 2 p.m. . $4 or $5. (714) 432-5880.

ONE-ACT FUN

Orange Coast College’s Repertory Theatre Company will present its

One-Act Play Festival today and Sunday and July 27-28 at OCC’s Drama

Lab Theatre at 2701 Fairview Road, Costa Mesa. Show times are 8 p.m.

Saturdays and Sundays and 2 p.m. Sundays. Works to be featured

include contemporary and classic pieces. $5. (714) 432-5640, Ext. 1.

‘SUPERSONIC SHAKESPEARE’

Orange Coast College will present “Supersonic Shakespeare,” a

two-play comedy, Friday and July 27 and Aug. 2-3 at the Drama Lab

Theatre, 2701 Fairview Road, Costa Mesa. Show times are 5:30 p.m.

Friday; 2 and 5:30 p.m. July 27; 5:30 and 8 p.m. Aug. 2; 2, 5:30 and

8 p.m. Aug. 3. The work is a medley of “The Comedy of Errors” and Tom

Stoppard’s “The 15-Minute Hamlet.” $5. (714) 432-5640; Ext. 1.

‘PHANTOM OF THE OPERA’

The Orange County Performing Arts Center will present Andrew Lloyd

Webber’s “The Phantom of the Opera” July 31 through Aug. 25 at

Segerstrom Hall, 600 Town Center Drive, Costa Mesa. Show times

between July 31 and Aug. 4 are 8 p.m. Wednesday through Saturday; 2

p.m. Thursday, Saturday and Sunday and 7:30 p.m. Sunday. Show times

Aug. 6-25 are 8 p.m. Tuesday through Friday; 2 and 8 p.m. Saturday; 2

and 7:30 p.m. Aug. 11 and 18; 2 and 8 p.m. Aug. 22; 2 p.m. Aug. 25.

$16.50 -- $68. (714) 556-ARTS.

LATINO PLAYWRIGHTS

South Coast Repertory’s 17th annual Hispanic Playwrights Project

will present “California Scenarios,” five short plays directed by

Juliette Carrillo, beginning with previews Thursday . Performances,

which will end Aug. 4, will take place at the Isamu Noguchi

California Scenario, behind the Comerica Bank building at 611 Anton

Blvd. Previews will be at 8 p.m. Thursday and Friday . Performances

will be at 8 p.m. July 27, 28, 30, 31 and Aug. 1-4. Preview tickets

are $10. Regular performance tickets are $15-$25. (714) 708-5555.

THE BARD AT LIGHT SPEED

“Supersonic Shakespeare,” a two-play piece featuring “The

15-Minute Hamlet” and a 45-minute version of “The Comedy of Errors,”

will be staged by Orange Coast College’s Repertory Theatre Company on

Friday and July 27 and Aug. 2-3. Performances will be held at 5:30

p.m. Friday ; 2 and 5:30 p.m. July 27; 5:30 and 8 p.m. Aug. 2; and 2,

5:30 and 8 p.m. Aug. 3. The show will be held in the Drama Lab

Theatre, 2701 Fairview Road, Costa Mesa. $5. (714) 432-5640, Ext. 1.

ART

BOLD STROKES

“Mediterranean Colorscapes,” a free exhibit of landscape and

seascape paintings by Marlyse Ruess, will be on display at the

Newport Beach Central Library through July 31. The Newport Beach

Central Library is at 1000 Avocado Ave. (949) 717-3801

VERY MODERN ART

The Orange County Museum of Art will present the 2002 California

Biennial exhibition through Sept. 8 at 850 San Clemente Drive,

Newport Beach. The works are a reflection of artistic ideas and

styles. Museum hours are 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesday through Sunday. $5

for adults, $4 for seniors and students, and free for members and

children younger than 16. (949) 759-1122.

DOG PARADE

Artwork by Ellen Rose and Dobromir Manev “Manu” will be exhibited

at the Bayside Restaurant, 900 Bayside Drive, Newport Beach, through

September. The show features Rose’s “pooch portraits,” and was

curated by Studio Gallery in Irvine. Free. (949) 721-1222.

DANCE

WHAT A ‘DREAM’

Italian dance troupe Aterballetto will perform “A Midsummer

Night’s Dream” to the music of Elvis Costello today at the Orange

County Performing Arts Center, 600 Town Center Drive, Costa Mesa.

Show times are 8 p.m. July 19-20. $15-$55. (714) 740-7878.

DOIN’ CHOREOGRAPHY

Ballet Pacifica will present the “Pacifica Choreographic Project,”

an opportunity to see works-in-progress by new choreographers, at 8

p.m. July 27 at the Irvine Barclay Theatre, 4242 Campus Drive,

Irvine. $22-$55. (949) 854-4646.

FLAMENCO FEST

The Irvine Barclay Theatre will present the Compania Juana Amaya

as part of the New World Flamenco Festival Aug. 9-11 at the Irvine Barclay Theatre, 4242 Campus Drive, Irvine. Show times are 8 p.m.

Friday and Saturday and 6 p.m. Sunday. $28-$38. (949) 854-4646.

SENIOR BALLROOM

Ballroom dancing to the music of the Costa Mesa Music Makers is

offered from 7:30 to 10:30 p.m. Tuesdays at Costa Mesa Senior Center,

695 W. 19th St. $4. (949) 548-3884.

DANSCENE STUDIO

Ballroom dancing is offered at 8 p.m. on the first Friday of each

month at Danscene Studio, 2980 McClintock Way, Costa Mesa. $10. (714)

641-8688.

ARGENTINE TANGO

Tango dancing is offered from 8 p.m. to 12:30 a.m. on the first

Saturday of each month at Danscene Studio, 2980 McClintock Way, Costa

Mesa. (714) 641-8688.

KIDS

PUPPET SHOWS

Children entering first through sixth grades are invited to “Tiger

and Mousedeer, Jackal and Hedgehog” at 10:30 a.m. Monday at the

Newport Beach Central Library. The free puppet show will be repeated

at 10 a.m. Wednesday at Mariners Branch Library and 10:30 a.m.

Thursday at Balboa Branch. The Newport Beach Central Library is at

1000 Avocado Ave., the Mariners Branch is at 2005 Dover Drive, the

Balboa Branch is at 100 E. Balboa Blvd. (949) 717-3801 or

www.newportbeachlibrary.org.

STARLIGHT STORIES

Children 3 to 7 are invited to participate in songs and finger

puppet plays at 7 p.m. Mondays at the Costa Mesa Library, 1855 Park

Ave. (949) 646-8845.

PJs AND BOOKS

A children’s story time is presented at 7 p.m. Mondays and 10:30

a.m. Saturdays at the Newport Beach Central Library, 1000 Avocado

Ave. Children may wear pajamas to the evening sessions. Free. (949)

717-3801.

WEEKLY STORYTELLER

A children’s story time is held at 10:45 a.m. Wednesdays at Barnes

& Noble Booksellers at Metro Pointe, 901-B South Coast Drive, Costa

Mesa. (714) 444-0226.

STORY TIME

A children’s story time will be held at 10 a.m. Wednesdays and

10:15 a.m. Fridays at Borders Books & Music at South Coast Plaza,

3333 Bear St., Costa Mesa. Free. (714) 432-7854.

BOOKS

GROUP FICTION

The Fiction Book Group meets at 7 p.m. on the second Wednesday of

each month at Barnes & Noble Booksellers at Fashion Island, 953

Newport Center Drive, Newport Beach. Free. (949) 759-0982.

OPRAH BOOK CLUB

The Oprah Book Club discusses Oprah Winfrey’s most recent

selections at 7 p.m. on the third Thursday of each month at Barnes &

Noble Booksellers at Fashion Island, 953 Newport Center Drive,

Newport Beach. (949) 759-0982.

DINING/TASTING

GUEST VINTNERS

Vintners from Wattle Creek Winery of Sonoma California will guest

speak at Fleming’s Prime Steakhouse starting at 6:30 p.m. Thursday at

455 Newport Center Drive, Newport Beach. The event will be a wine

dinner. $80 per person. (949) 720-9633.

SUNSET DINNERS

The Rusty Pelican offers Sunset Dinners at 4 to 5:15 p.m. Monday

through Friday at 2735 W. Coast Highway, Newport Beach. $10-$15.

(949) 642-3431.

SUNDAY BRUNCH

The Rusty Pelican offers Sunday Brunch from 10 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.

every Sunday at 2735 W. Coast Highway, Newport Beach. $8-$15. (949)

642-3431.

TWILIGHT DINING

A twilight dining menu, featuring dishes such as chicken

parmigiana and calamari picante at reduced prices, is held from 5 to

6 p.m. weekdays and 4 to 6 p.m. Sundays at Villa Nova Restaurant,

3131 W. Coast Highway, Newport Beach. (949) 642-7880.

WINE TASTINGS

Hi-Time Wine Cellars offers wine tastings from 4:30 to 8 p.m.

Fridays and 1:30 to 8 p.m. Saturdays. (949) 650-8463.

SUNDAY BRUNCH

A Sunday brunch, featuring international seafood and salad

buffets, roasts carved to order and breakfast favorites, is held from

10:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. Sutton Place Hotel, 4500 MacArthur Blvd.,

Newport Beach. $30; $40 with champagne. (949) 476-2001.

CLUBS

ALTA COFFEE

Musical acts perform at 8:30 p.m. Thursdays through Saturdays at

Alta Coffee House, 506 31st St., Newport Beach. (949) 675-0233.

ATRIUM MARQUIS

A variety of live music is presented daily at the Atrium’s

Airporter Club, 18700 MacArthur Blvd., Irvine. (949) 833-2770.

BIRRAPORETTI’S

Swing music by the 12-piece Don Miller Orchestra is presented at 8

p.m. Mondays at Birraporetti’s at South Coast Plaza, 3333 Bristol

St., Costa Mesa. (714) 850-9090.

BISTRO 201

Jazz is played at 8 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays and 11 a.m. Sundays

at Bistro 201, 3333 W. Coast Highway, Newport Beach. (949) 631-1551.

DIN DIN AT BAMBOO TERRACE

Instrumental music is performed after 9 p.m. Thursdays and pop and

rock is presented after 9 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays at Din Din at

the Bamboo Terrace, 1773 Newport Blvd., Costa Mesa. (949) 645-5550.

DURTY NELLY’S

Live music is performed at 9 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays at

Nelly’s, 2915 Red Hill Ave., Costa Mesa. (714) 957-1951.